Improvement in pocket-knives



w. COATES.

v POCKET-KNIVES. No.182,415 Patented Sept.18, 1876.

INVENTUR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

N.PEYERS. FHOTD-LITHCGRAPHER, WASHINGTOIL D C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIon.

AMOS W. COATES, OF ALLIANCE, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN POCKET-KNIVES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 182,415, datedSeptember 19, 1876; application filed September 2, 1876.

the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure is a side view.

My invention relates to an .improvement in pocket-knives of the kindordinarily used by boys; and it consists as a new article of manufacturein a pocket-knife having a blade extended beyond the handle and formedwith a knob of metal upon the end thereof to prevent accidental injuryresulting from the careless or thoughtless use of the knife.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a knife of the kind ordinarilyused by boys, the same being commonly known as the Barlow knife. Thesaid knife is shown constructed according to my invention, with a knob,B, upon the end of the blade, which is formed of metal, and firmlyattached to the metal of the blade.

In attaching the knob to the blade the latter is extended beyond thehandle, so thatthe knob forms the end of the knife when closed, whichmay be used for hammering, or may be grasped for opening the knife.

- The objection to the use of knives by children has been, and still is,the accidental injury to themselves likelyto result from thethoughtlessness of their immature years, such as running the point intothe eye, stabbing themselves while Whitt-ling, falling on the point, orputting the knife into the pocket While open. My improvement obviatesall of these objections in a simple and cheap manner, without affectingthe use of the knife for cutting purposes.

I am aware of the fact that a knife has been constructed with a ring atthe end, to be used as a draw-knife, incidental to which are some of theadvantages that I have described, but the case referred to butimperfectly accomplishes the purpose, and cannot be used as a hammerwhen closed as mine can, an advantage which would be of great importancein the estimation of a boy. I therefore disclaim the case referred to,and confine my invention to the form shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is As a newarticle of manufacture, a boys pocket-knife,having a blade extendedbeyond the handle, with a metallic knob, B, formed upon the end thereof,as and for the purpose described.

AMOS WALLACE OOATES. Witnesses:

J. W. BARNABY, H. B. FREER.

